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Oct 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Kenneth Markowitz |Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen
NYC Climate Week included over 900 events with an estimated
100,000 participants swarming the City. While indicative of growing
interest in climate action, some note that the record turnout
foreshadows a smaller presence at COP 29 in Azerbaijan.
In the vice-presidential debate, both candidates supported the
reshoring of U.S. manufacturing and tacked notably to the political
center.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Kenneth Markowitz |Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen
Recent legislative and regulatory developments reflect ongoing
tensions between environmental policies and economic priorities in
the U.S. energy landscape. The House Energy and Commerce
Committee's advancement of three resolutions targeting
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules on power plants,
vehicle emissions and air quality standards marks a broader
Republican effort to counter President Biden's environmental
agenda, though these resolutions face likely vetoes.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen |Richard A. Coppola
After a recent permitting reform bill was passed out of a Senate
Committee, House Republicans took steps to draft their own
permitting reform legislation. Rep. Westerman (R- AR) held a
hearing to discuss his draft bill, which most notably places
limitations on the environmental permitting process for energy
projects.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen |Richard A. Coppola
With U.S. elections rapidly approaching, presidential candidates
are expected to foreshadow key aspects of their energy and
environmental legislative and policy agendas. In particular, the
Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 may prompt Vice President
Kamala Harris to balance legislative progress with her
environmental justice commitments.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen |Richard A. Coppola
On Monday, July 15, at the opening day of the Republican
National Convention, former President Donald Trump announced his
selection of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his vice-presidential
candidate, signaling a firm commitment to fossil fuel advocacy and
opposition to renewable energy. Vance is vocal against President
Biden's clean energy policies, which he critiqued openly at the
Convention.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen |Richard A. Coppola
As the legislative calendar year comes to a close and the 2024
election comes into full swing, Congress is working to finalize the
Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) appropriations and messaging bills before
the 2024 October recess.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen |Richard A. Coppola
The Senate overwhelmingly supported the bipartisan ADVANCE Act
sending it to President Biden's desk for his signature, in a
bid to revamp the U.S.'s nuclear industry by modernizing
regulations and streamlining permitting processes. The European
Union (EU) has given the green light for sanctions targeting
Russia's gas industry, aiming to prevent EU ports from
reselling Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) and to restrict
financing for proposed Arctic and Baltic terminals.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stacey Mitchell |Christopher Treanor |Emily P. Mallen |Richard A. Coppola
The Biden administration has issued a Joint Statement of Policy
and New Principles for Responsible Participation in Voluntary
Carbon Markets (VCMs) outlining the U.S. government's strategy
to promote high-integrity VCMs. The U.S. Department of the Treasury
and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released proposed guidance
on the Clean Electricity Production Credit and Clean Electricity
Investment Credit, aiming to provide clarity to developers of clean
electricity projects.
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May 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stacey Mitchell |Emily P. Mallen |Christopher Treanor |Richard A. Coppola
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a
landmark rule instructing U.S. electricity grid operators to create
new transmission infrastructure. The Department of Energy (DOE)
released their initial 10 federal corridors for the development of
multistate, ultra-high-capacity electric transmission lines.
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May 25, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Amy Kennedy |Stacey Mitchell
In this latest episode of the firm's Accelerate ESG
series, Akin environmental, social & governance, or ESG, group
co-leaders Amy Kennedy and Stacey Mitchell discuss the firm's
recently issued 2023 ESG Survey of noteworthy trends and
developments in that field, as well as the ESG environment on both
sides of the Atlantic.
Topics include:
The growing politicization of ESG.
Challenges facing DEI efforts.
The difference between greenwashing and green-hushing.
ESG and tax considerations.
